Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah celebrates auspicious festival of Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad with girls from his parliamentary constituency who are suffering from Type-1 diabetes
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Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah celebrated Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad with girls from his parliamentary constituency suffering from Type-1 diabetes. Highlighting that children with Type-1 diabetes require lifelong insulin injections which impose a significant financial burden on families, the government stated it is providing free insulin for life to such children. In the Gandhinagar parliamentary constituency, children aged 0 to 18 years with Type-1 juvenile diabetes have been ensured benefits through an integrated system covering screening, diagnosis, insulin treatment, monitoring, and follow-up.